State Wide Integrated Flora and Fauna Teams

Threatened fauna West Wimmera Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the West Wimmera Shire which are considered threatened under the  Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021. 

 

Victorian conservation status
 
EX Extinct
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
Th Threatened

 

Common name

  

Scientific name

Conservation status
      Victorian FFG threatened list

West Wimmera Shire – threatened birds
Australasian Bittern   Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Little Bittern   Ixobrychus dubius EN  
Australasian Shoveler   Anas rhynchotis VU
Australian Bustard   Ardeotis australis CR  
Azure Kingfisher   Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake   Porzana pusilla -  
Black Falcon   Falco subniger CR
Black-chinned Honeyeater   Melithreptus gularis -
Black-eared Cuckoo   Chrysococcyx osculans -
Blue-billed Duck   Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga   Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper   Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew   Burhinus grallarius CR  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren   Hylacola pyrrhopygia VU  
Crested Bellbird   Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Dove   Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail   Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret   Ardea alba modesta VU  
Elegant Parrot   Neophema elegans VU
Freckled Duck   Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo   Callocephalon fimbriatum EN
Glossy Ibis   Plegadis falcinellus -
Grey Goshawk   Accipiter novaehollandiae EN  
Grey Plover   Pluvialis squatarola EN
Grey-crowned Babbler   Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Hardhead   Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin   Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe   Gallinago hardwickii -  
Little Button-quail   Turnix velox -
Little Eagle   Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret   Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Magpie Goose   Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo   Cacatua leadbeateri CR  
Malleefowl   Leipoa ocellata VU  
Masked Owl   Tyto novaehollandiae CR  
Musk Duck   Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron   Nycticorax caledonicus -
Pectoral Sandpiper   Calidris melanotos -
Pied Cormorant   Phalacrocorax varius -
Plumed Egret   Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl   Ninox strenua VU  
Purple-gaped Honeyeater   Lichenostomus cratitius VU
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo   Calyptorhynchus banksi EN  
Regent Honeyeater   Xanthomyza phrygia CR  
Regent Parrot   Polytelis anthopeplus VU  
Royal Spoonbill   Platalea regia -
Slender-billed Thornbill   Acanthiza iredalei hedleyi EN  
Western Whipbird   Psophodes nigrogularis CR  
Whiskered Tern   Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle   Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
         

West Wimmera Shire – threatened mammals
Brush-tailed Phascogale   Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Dunnart   Sminthopsis murina VU
Fat-tailed Dunnart   Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Grey-headed Flying-fox   Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Heath Mouse   Pseudomys shortridgei EN  
Little Pygmy-possum   Cercartetus lepidus -  
Mitchell's Hopping-mouse   Notomys mitchelli -  
Platypus   Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Silky Mouse   Pseudomys apodemoides -  
South-eastern Long-eared Bat   Nyctophilus corbeni EN  
Southern Brown Bandicoot   Isoodon obesulus obesulus EN  
Western Pygmy-possum   Cercartetus concinnus -
Yellow-bellied Glider   Petaurus australis australis VU
       

West Wimmera Shire – threatened fishes
Golden Perch   Macquaria ambigua -
Mountain Galaxias   Galaxias olidus  -  
Murray Cod   Maccullochella peelii peelii EN  
Trout Cod   Maccullochella macquariensis EN  
Variegated Pygmy Perch   Nannoperca variegata EN  
Yarra Pigmy Perch   Nannoperca obscura VU  
         

West Wimmera Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians
Reptiles
        
Bardick   Echiopsis curta EN  
Eastern Bearded Dragon   Pogona barbata VU
Port Lincoln Snake   Suta spectabilis EN  
Rosenberg's Goanna   Varanus rosenbergi CR  
Samphire Skink   Morethia adelaidensis EN  
Striped Worm-Lizard   Aprasia striolata EN  
Western Blue-tongued Lizard   Tiliqua occipitalis -  
Amphibians
      
Brown Toadlet   Pseudophryne bibronii EN
Growling Grass Frog   Litoria raniformis VU
Southern Toadlet   Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN
       

West Wimmera Shire – threatened invertebrates
Bullant   Myrmecia sp. 17 -  
Fiery Jewel Butterfly   Hypochrysops ignitus ignitus EN  
Glenelg Freshwater Mussel   Hyridella glenelgensis CR  
Jewel Beetle   Temognatha flavocincta VU  
Large Ant Blue Butterfly   Acrodipsas brisbanensis EN  
Reddish-orange Sun Moth   Synemon jcaria EN
Small Bronze Azure   Ogyris otanes CR  
Yellow Sedge-skipper Butterfly   Hesperilla flavescens EN  

 

Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory Lists which have been reassessed as not threatened in Victoria.

Data Source: Information in this table has been derived from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA), Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria, 2023.  Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened List - June 2023  Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria.  Advisory List of Threatened Invertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2009),  Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2013) Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning 2013.

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